Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 25 The Palace of Zhonghe Monarchs and Ministers Discuss River Affairs, Ren Pavilion, Hongru Examination Article (2)
"Okay, where's the money?"

"Four million taels per year."

Kangxi couldn't help taking a breath, and said: "I don't tell you, you know that the country's annual income is 500 million, and it is still using troops. If Wei Dongting Customs donated 500 million a year, it would have been stretched. - 400 million a year It’s impossible to get it out.” Of course Jin Fu was aware of these circumstances, and he had also carefully calculated that there was some surplus in it—because the Ministry of Households never allocated Zhihe silver according to the amount, it had to be higher.

After thinking for a while, Jin Fu smiled and said, "It won't be long before we use troops. Wu Shipan's thousands of tired soldiers retreated to the isolated city, and he will be able to take it in a few days. Your Majesty might as well use a little more silver to rule the river. This is the benefit of the world... "You're wrong!" Kangxi looked at the Hall of Supreme Harmony standing in front of him through the window sash, and said slowly: "The use of troops is just in the ascendant! I said that the water transportation has been cured in seven years, because I am eager to enter Taiwan. Warships and sailors go south, Geerdan is in the northwest, and the Raksha Kingdom is in trouble in the northeast. They also need to use troops, and food must be transported northward by water tankers. The remnants of Liu Tiecheng, a local bandit in Shandong, gather together. Don't you want to conquer? I think there are still 20 years to fight hit!"

Recently, the imperial court issued an edict, ordering Yanwu Xiuwen, to lead to a peaceful and prosperous world, how could Jin Fu think that Kangxi had so many plans to fight?He glanced at Kangxi in astonishment, and said with a quick smile: "The sage is far-sighted, which is beyond the knowledge of the minister. However, the river construction costs too much and the effect is delayed, and the work is insignificant but the speed is slow. The Lord knows that it is very difficult to have less money."

"I have already made a rough plan for you." Kangxi smiled slyly, "Nowadays, 250 million yuan is allocated every year, which is already very difficult for the Ministry of Households. The 'San Francisco' military is completely quelled, and then increased to 350 to [-] million, probably That's enough. As long as you just said about how much it will take to open the Zhonghe River, I will allocate it to... Haha! An honest person like you will come to play sloppy with me!"

After hearing this, Jin Fu felt a lot more relaxed. Although 250 million is a little less, he can still do a lot of things.He smiled silently, and when he was about to play, he saw Suo'etu coming in, bowed and smiled and said: "The time has come, please give me a banquet, master." As he said, he stared at Jin Fu, and Jin Fu felt a chill in his heart .

"That's it!" Kangxi smiled and got up and said to Jin Fu, "You played very well, you don't need to hand in the card to come in, just go to the post. I don't have much to say. After returning, I handed over a copy every half a month. The situation is explained in detail. Pay attention to talents, and you can keep a few more in your tent, and you can keep them in the future... I met one in Kaifeng, but I missed it, it is credible..." After finishing speaking, he got up and went up.

The Confucians in Tiren Pavilion had already sat neatly. There were fifty high tables in two rows from south to north, and four or five people sat at each table.The dishes are set up by Guanglu Temple. The twelve-color dishes are piled up high on Jun porcelain plates. There are four large bowls in the middle filled with seasonal fruits such as apples, grapefruits, lychees, and raisins. They are accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites. liquor.This kind of ostentation has never been seen before, all the bottles of wine have not been opened, the faces of the old people are already flushed, and they are a little bit drunk.At this time, people don't care much about whether they can get the exam. With this kind of banquet, even if they don't serve as officials, there are words of embellishment in writing the deeds, epitaphs, sacrificial texts and epitaphs after death. Everything is decent and shiny!
"The emperor has a decree, there is no need to stick to the etiquette, and the banquet will start immediately!"

With a call, everyone "swiped" to get up together, bowed their hands to thank God, and just sat down to pick up vegetables and eat in fear.Some people secretly pick what they can bring and stuff it in their skirts and purses so that they can take it out to share with relatives and friends.When the last meal—steamed buns, paper rolls, red silk cakes, noodle soup, and white rice—came out, Kangxi came in with Crown Prince Yinreng and elder brother Yinfeng.As soon as he stepped into the door, he told everyone to just eat, don't be rigid, and visit and greet him casually at the table.Where can everyone eat again?All of them were so flustered that their hearts were pounding.

"It's been a long time, Mr. Yushan!" Going to the fourth table on the left, Kangxi saw Shi Runzhang, the master of the Xuancheng Ci altar, and walked around and said with a smile, "The last time I saw you was in the old pavilion of Fengyi Garden. Wan, Uncle Song Yu, Wu Yingxiong, Wu Sangui's eldest son, who else is here——" Kangxi patted his forehead lightly, "—yes, Wang Shizhen. Now he is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment." Shi Yushan never expected that Kangxi would be alone with himself Talking, stood up in a hurry, blushed and said: "Master was still in micro-clothes that time, and it took six years in a flash. Looking at Wan Sui, it seems to be a little lighter, but his complexion is much better!"

Kangxi laughed and said, "I'm young, so I'm better than you! You are a poor official, who guards the Qingjiang Road, and sold all the official boats given by your friends when you left the post! I remember you mentioned Puliuxian in Shandong that day. Talented, how about him?" Shi Runzhang secretly admired Kangxi for having such a good memory, and hurriedly said with a smile: "He usually writes letters, and I received a poem from him yesterday. This person has bad luck and has not been selected yet. "

"Oh, poetry?" Kangxi couldn't help laughing, "Have you brought it?"

Shi Runzhang was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly pulled out a letter from his boots, holding it in both hands.Kangxi took it and said with a smile: "it must be good, I'll take it down to see." Then he greeted Yinfeng.Yinxi was beside him, and hurriedly said with his fingers: "Ama, the prince is over there."

When Kangxi saw it, he almost burst out laughing.On a table in the farthest corner to the north, the crown prince half-kneeled on a chair on one knee, tearing the meat with his small hands, and pouring it drippingly into a bowl for one person.It turned out that when Kangxi came in, more than [-] people stopped chopsticks, but this person was sitting upright and eating calmly, which aroused the curiosity of the crown prince.Kangxi looked back at Suo'etu, Mingzhu hurriedly approached and said, "This man's name is Tang Bin." Kangxi quickly walked over, and stopped the prince: "Don't play tricks, didn't Wenda teach you?"

"This is because the prince loves me." Tang Bin left the table and stood up, and said with a smile, "The king has a gift, but the minister dare not resign. It is a joy to give death, how about giving food?"

Kangxi looked Tang Bin up and down, and said: "I have heard about your name for a long time. You are an official in the south of the Yangtze River, and you were the one who burned the Wutong Temple in the territory? Was it because the prisoners escaped from the prison?" "Yes!" Bin replied, "I have nothing to do with my duty. The fugitives were not released because of lax collection and control, but because of my reason."

"Uh-huh?"

"He did not commit any serious crimes, but he failed to pay the rent and was sued by the landlord." Tang Bin said without changing his face, "There is a blind father in his seventies in his family, and a six-year-old child under him, and one person is detained. And the death of three people, Kui's natural principles, greatly hurt the emperor's original purpose of governing the world with kindness and filial piety, and the ultimate intention of governing the world with benevolence, this minister is bold and presumptuous!"

Kangxi couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, the law of the country is inconsistent with reason, is there more than one case like this?But Tang Bin was willing to stand up and stand up for justice at the risk of being dismissed from office, which is impossible.Thinking about it, I couldn't help but move in my heart. If I entrust the prince to such a person for tutoring, I am afraid that I will not teach a benevolent and filial king?Xiong Cilu is good, but he is too busy to get away!After thinking for a long time, Kangxi smiled heartily, and said: "If you talk about this matter, you are a bit of a fool, and you are a bit of a stick. Sentenced to the shackles for three days, and prevaricating the boss, wouldn't it be both? I heard that you dismissed from office. At that time, the city went on strike for three days, and the money was collected and sent back. I know all about it, so you can do it yourself!" After finishing speaking, he took the crown prince and elder brother, smiled and nodded to the Confucian scholars, and walked slowly out of his body. Court.

As soon as he went out, he saw Gao Shiqi lazily coming from Zhaodemen, Kangxi stopped, and asked with a smile: "You slave, where did you go, you are not waiting in front of me for such a big matter today! Seeing that the crown prince was also beside Kangxi, Gao Shiqi hurriedly kowtowed to Kangxi, and greeted the prince and elder brother Qian'er. Come on! Get up early in the morning, old He Guizhu will invite the servant, his wife is gone, and ask the servant to point out the god master and write a sacrificial oration. The slave is thinking about the master's side, how can he be in the mood! Randomly copied a passage from "Lanting Collection" I gave him the preface, and hurried back..." Seeing that he was holding a knotted silk ribbon in his hand, Kangxi stretched out his hand to come over, looked at it and asked, "What is this?"

"Ah..." Gao Shiqi sighed, "his wife Gu Azuo gave it to him on her deathbed, saying that if someone can untie it, her soul will ascend to heaven. Lao He has no choice but to say that the slave may succeed, The slave thought all the way, this knot is really tight, there is no way out!"

Kangxi walked all the way, carefully looking at the silk knots all the way, there are seven knots in total, as if dipped in water, beaten and soaked in oil, all of them are heart-shaped, red as a bunch of blood beads, try When he explained it, it was useless at all, so he threw it back to Gao Shiqi, and said with a smile, "This Ah Suo is really weird, and he asked a man a difficult problem when he died—I just don't understand, what is wrong with Wang Xizhi's "Preface to Lanting Collection"?" Can it be used as a sacrificial offering?"

"A few words have to be changed." Gao Shiqi said, "That's how the slave wrote it." As he spoke, he recited softly:

The wife's relationship with each other will be admired for the rest of my life.Or take it in your arms, don't say it in a room: or because of the entrustment, you are sad and sad.Although the choice is very different, the calmness is different, when he is happy with what he meets, he gets it for himself for a while, and he is quickly self-sufficient, and he never knows the number will come.It's because of the tiredness, the emotion changes with the situation, and the emotion is the same.Xiangzhi's delight, between pitching and pitching, has become a thing of the past, and I still have to be happy with it, and the short-term and short-term changes will eventually come to an end.The old man said: Life and death are also great, so it is not painful!
Kangxi listened, and for some reason suddenly remembered the late Empress Hesheli, looked back at her orphan Yinfeng, and followed behind him with bouncing jumps. With a sore nose, she almost shed tears.

(End of this chapter)